This is one of those books that I want to put into everyone’s hands and one that I’m planning to own (because I read a library copy.) Bryan Stevenson, the founder of the Equal Justice Initiative, and one of the many interesting talking heads in Ava DuVenay’s documentary, 13th, has crafted a book that is part memoir, part investigative journalism, and all heart—angry, tearful, heart. It tackles the mess that is our criminal justice system by focusing specifically on Stevenson’s work with prisoners on death […]
One man’s crusade for compassion against injustice
This isn’t my typical copy of tea as I rarely read non-fiction, but I am glad someone suggested it for our book club. This was a really tough read, but eye-opening regarding the prison system in the United States, and the many ways in which it is broken. Bryan Stevenson is a lawyer who has chosen to spend his energy, and most of his life, fighting for the wrongly imprisoned, and/or wrongly convicted. The facts as written in this book is that if you are […]